Drawing on his own experiences of the Middle East, John McCarthy travels through Israel to uncover the hidden story of the Palestinian struggle.
As a journalist in television news John McCarthy was sent on his
first foreign assignment to Beirut in 1986 aged twenty-nine. His
career was abruptly cut short by militiamen who kidnapped and held
him captive for five and a half years.
Since his release he has written four books prior to this one -
Some Other Rainbow (with Jill Morrell), about his hostage years,
Island Race (with Sandi Toksvig), an account of their
circumnavigation of Britain, Between Extremes (with Brian Keenan),
a journey through Chile and his latest, A Ghost Upon Your Path. He
continues to work in both radio and television.
A powerful account of the Palestinians of Israeli citizenship as
told in their own words. Eloquent and moving, this book is
essential reading to understand the full complexity of
Palestinian-Israeli relations.
*Eugene Rogan, Author of The Arabs: A History*
John McCarthy takes us on an unforgettable journey through a
tumultuous and complex landscape. His passion and humanity are all
the more remarkable in the context of his own brutal experience of
the dark side of its political context.
*Tom Bradby, Political Editor, ITV News*
From a man who knows much about human spirit’s refusal to be cowed
comes a beautifully written, compassionate and insightful account
of Israel’s non-Jewish population. You Can’t Hide The Sun does not
just champion a people too long bullied, marginalised and ignored –
it drives home that without heeding their voice no long term
solution of Israel-Palestine is possible.
*Tim Butcher, author of Blood River*
John McCarthy’s excellent book focuses in on Palestinian citizens
of Israel, who sometimes get ignored as a complexity too far.
McCarthy doesn’t hide his sympathy for the human beings who have
been battered by Middle East conflict. Perhaps that’s because he
was caught up in it too when he was held hostage in Lebanon for
more than five years between 1986 and 1991. Like Palestinians, and
Jews, he longed for the sanctuary of home. McCarthy made it home.
But in his journey through Israel and the occupied Palestinian
territories he finds Palestinians who are still waiting, hoping and
struggling for their homes more than 60 years after Israel was
created. Fascinating and timely, and written with the charm of a
man who’s still determined to explore the tempestuous region that
for five years was just a dream on the other side of his locked
cell door.
*Jeremy Bowen*
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